Boston Celtics lineup

The Boston Celtics have been a little slow out of the gate in the NBA season, losing their first two games and barely escaping with a win in the third. We can excuse the opening loss since it was on the road in Miami, although losing at home to Milwaukee and then a narrow escape at Washington suggest this Celtics’ team is a work in progress. Of course there’s plenty of time to do the work and today TheSportsNotebook takes a closer look at the raw material head coach Doc Rivers has in Boston and what some coming checkpoint games will be.